Wreck: Ardglass (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ardglass (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 35.702 N,5 49.274 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ARDGLASS (POSSIBLY)
Length 61 meter, width: 8.9 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 778 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products
Cause: built in 1914 by g brown & co ltd, greenock. owned at time of loss by lang & fulton ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 96hp, single shaft. passage port talbot for belfast. cargo steel. captured by uc-65 & sunk by bombs. (sii & ww1sl).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4 MILES E FROM S ARKLOW LTV. (WWISL). SUNK 4 MILES SSW OF S ARKLOW LTV. (LL WW1). H0109/45 9.4.45 H0109/45 9.4.45 WEST APPS LIST WAGO. POSN 523530N, 055000W. AUBD 319/91 VERY GOOD SONAR CONTACT. L 200FT, B 50FT, H 24FT. DIRN 045/225DEGS. (C IN C WA). POSITION ACCURATE. 21.11.72 21.11.72 INS AS USCPA 15FMS. NE 1410. 9.11.77 9.11.77 AMEND TO USCPA 27MTRS. NC 1787. 17.11.78 17.11.78 AMEND TO WK 50MTRS. (HEIGHT KNOWN). NC 1410. H1950/76 10.11.80 H1950/76 10.11.80 EXAM'D 23.4.80 IN 523541N, 054912W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57.5 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LYING NE/SW, APPROX. LENGTH ABOUT 45MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). BR STD. 4.5.07 4.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5235.702N, 0549.274W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 7.5MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 040/220 DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP WITH SCOUR AT EACH END. RETAIN AS WK 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, SCOUR CLOSE TO ENDS
Position: 52 35.702 N,5 49.274 W
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